Clutch.



M.FLATHER.

oLUToH APPLICATION FILED DEO. 9,1903.

Patented A111320, 1909. 3| F E3 ETES earner einen.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 1,909.

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Be it iknown tha il, MARKFLATHER, a citizen ci the United tetes, residing at Nashua, county of Hillsboro, and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clutches, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings which accompany the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a clutch lfor connecting a non-active member, ich as .the ,disconnected part of a piece of shafti-ng, Withfan active or driven member, such as a shaftingrevolved by any suitable power generating means.

Another object of my invention is to provide in the same device a friction clutchand a positive clutch, the purpose of this being to start a non-active member or driven member from a driving member without shock or jar, but to positively lock both members when they are in full operation and revolving at the same speed.

ln the drawings accompanyingl this speciiication-Figure l represents a front elevation of my device showing the clutch operating members. Fig. 2 is a sectional "view through line 2-2, Fig. 1, with one of the friction clutch operating levers shown in full. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation through line 3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of theclutch levers for operating the friction clutch. Fig. shows a washer with cam surfaces on, adapted to interact with the clutch lever Fig. 4. F ig. 6 is a perspective view of the clutch operating member.

ln the drawings embodying my invention, A represents the driving member of my clutch keyed to the shaft B by the key B', and is,provided with what might be termed a friction web C, provided with the inclined friction surfaces Cand C2, also the abutiuents D, l), D.

E is the clutch member attached to the member tol be driven or revolved by the member B.

in the drawings, I have shown my device as having three friction levers and three positive clutch levers, but three of suoli members are used in this instance for convenience. only, as any number may be used from one upward, with exactly the same resuits. Again, it may be vstated that the portion or member B and the clutch member A, or the driving members, may be inactive, and the portion E and the clutch portion E,

i the active or driving members, with precisely i the same result. In this specification I have designated .the member B as the active or driving member for .the purpose of description only. y The clutch member E is keyed to the member E by the key E. It also has the inclined face extending around its periphery inclined to `the same angle and adapted to iit against the inclined portion .CQ It also has recesses, Ain which are mounted by suitable bolts and steady pins, friction memfaces inclined at the saine angle as the infA clined faces C2 and adapted to'fit and bear members E4 are iitted .bolts F, to the outer end of which are screw-threaded suitable nuts F provided with washeis F? under them. Surrounding said bolts, and -fieeif revolving thereon, are the friction elute levers G, whiclr are provided with .the cam member H being mounted in a recess in the clutch member E and keyed thereto bythe key H2 to prevent it from revolving in said E the positive clutch members and -arranged .to oscillate from the position shown in full 'lines in Fig. 2 to the position shown in dotted lines same figure, in order that'they may move outward when the clutch members. are in certain positions and contact with the sides of the lugs l).` K represents the clutch operating member, and is provided with a key-way i/ adapted to slice upon the lkey K? secured in the clutch member E. Said member K is provided with the groove K adaptedto receive the operating member K4. The member K4 may be any suitably arranged lever pivoted substantiall as shown, at K5 so that it can be oscil ated, and through itsfouter end K6 slide the clutch operating member K upon the outside of hub of 'the member E, as shown. This clutch member K is provided with inclined surfaces L, and the straight surfaces L', as well as the recesses L2, in which the outer end L of the positive clutch levers J may drop when the clutch operating'member` is pushed to its extreme inward position. 'Ihe incline L' is adapted to contact with the inner face of the friction clutch operating member G and throw its outer end G2 outward tocause the inclined faces E and E4 -to bind against tlieinclinod faces C and C2 against the saine. Through holes in the" recess. There is also pivoted in the member l bers E4, E4, E4, which are provided'with surfaces G', G', adaptedlto bear against the.` cam suifaces H, H of the member H said CIK of the rib IC; this through the medium of the cam surfaces G, G', riding upward upon the the clutchl operating member K is moved inwardly to its full throw, said positive clutch members J will swing upon their pivots J', their outer ends Lu dropping into the recess L2. When it is desired to disengage the positive clutch members, the 1nember K is moved outward, and the end of the lever J rides upwardly on the inclined surf ace L ofthe recess L2, thereby throwing the inner ends of the said levers J out of en'- gagement with the lugs D.

The operation of my improved device is as followszwAssuming the ortion B to be the driving portion, and the portion E the driven portion; when it is desired to start the driven portion, the clutch operating member' K is moved to the left as illustrated in Fig. 2, by suitable means, as the lever Kj, thereby causing the ends G2 of the friction clutch member .G to ride up upon the inclined faces L, thereby rotating said member G and causing its cams Gr to move u iward upon the cams H. rlhis draws t e member E4 inwardly, sc its `inclined surfaces will bear against the inclined faces C2, at the same time causing therinelined -faces of the clutch member E3, E3, to bear against the faces C of the member E. This trictionally interiocks the member A and the member E but avoids excessive shock or by reason of the slipping of the inclined faces upon each other until the driven member E has approximately reached the same speed of rotation as the driving member B. Tliis causesthe driven member to be revolved by friction.

of the lever J rides upon` the straight surface L', thereby keeping the inner ends of the positive clutch levers J out of contact with the lugs D. A. further movement of the clutch operating member K to the left,

A causes it to assume' a Aposition where the lever J will oscillate upon its pivot J', and the portion L3 enter a recess L2, thereby allowing its During the Vfirst movement of the clutch operating member l, the portion .L3

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inner end to move outward to the position shown in the dotted lines Fig. 2, and Contact with the lugs or abutments D, in ca se the friction clutch surfaces slip u ion cach other, making the clutch what migllt be termed a positive driving clutch.

As has been before stated, l do not com fine myself to the number of 'friction operating levers or positive clutch, members shown in the drawings, as the number may be va.- ried without departingr from the spirit of my invention. .The mnnber of friction clutch o crating members G and the positive c utch members J will be varied as the size of the clutch and the number of horse power tov be transmitted increases or decrlases.

'Having described my invention and its mode of operation, what I claim is:-H

l. 'lhe combination in a clutch of a driving and a driven member; means 'for fric tionally engaging the driving with the driven mein er, com rising V-slniped frietional surfaces on bot'i said immibers a plurality of gripping devices mounted in the driven member, comprising stationary and rotatable cam members 3 levers secured to the rotatable cam members; a. sliding sleeve adapted to 'contact with said levers; and mcansfer causing the sliding sleeve to move longitudinally to partially rotate said levers to engage the driving with the driven member. l

2. The combination in. a clutch ofdriving and driven members, and means for driving the driven member from the driving member both frietionally and positively, comprising a plurality of gripping members, composed of a disk having cam surfaces levers having corresponding cam surfaces g a sleeve for pan tially rotating said levers; lugs on the driven member; interlocking levers pivoted in said lugs; springs for throwing said interlocking levers m contact with lugs on the driving member means for sliding the sleeve longitudinally cam surfaces on the sleeve adapted to permit the interlocking levers to engage the lugs ony the driving member and to permit the disengagement of said interlocking levers from their engagement with said lugs on the driving member.

ln testimony whereof, l have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this the second day of December, D. 1903.

W itnesses lt. P. ELLIOTT, ll. M. KnLso. 

